> I would like to fill an image with faces copied from other photos. I > am > stumped with how to make the background of the copied faces > transparent, so I > don't have a bunch of little squares and ellipses. I am sure Gimp is > capable > of selecting the backgrounds of my thumbnails and rendering them > transparent. > > > Would somebody please help me understand how to ask it to do that? >
I find the 'Foreground Select Tool' can be useful in cases where there is a complex background. a. roughly mark out the face b. let it do it work c. press enter d. apply the quickmask e. clean up the selection -- Owen _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user